Comments on: Teeth 2

By: jonathan bushman

jonathan bushman — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:18:09 +0000

I had an overbite as a child, but we were poor, so my dad took me to an orthodontist school. I had four teeth pulled, and they pushed the rest of my teeth back HARD into my face. After four years, when the braces were removed, I basically looked like I had no teeth, because they were pushed so far back. My nose bent to one side. My chin (already small before) was now seriously recessed. I looked weirder than before the braces.

Here’s something I learned recently: Having my teeth pushed so far back gave me obstructive sleep apnea. I always wondered why dark circles appeared under my eyes after the braces were on. It was because I kept waking up during the night, when I’d stop breathing during sleep. Constantly interrupted sleep left me tired and depressed. Instinctively, I’d always felt something had gone wrong with me after the braces, but I never understood why, until recently.

Now the apnea is so bad, if I fall asleep on my back, my throat closes up with aloud noise and I awaken.

I wish they had left me alone. I had no problem with the overbite.

By: kalalaumango

kalalaumango — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:57:23 +0000

is that like finding a firm, black pubic hair in your tempura?? if my bamboo basket had been filled with cock rather than soba, it could have been a buffet. but, it was a rural setting removed from fellatio. snorting fruit flies — is that like a k-hole?

thanks so much.

By: Russell Miller

Russell Miller — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:04:54 +0000

I really wish I hadn’t read this one. I am now infested with the dreaded fruit fly stuck in your teeth story. Sometimes your life is like a Stephen King novel. I would say more but I have to go floss now.
Ok, I’m back. No. wait…I should floss some more! But even though I may have fruit fly nightmares tonight, I still enjoy your writing and will try to keep up with your blog like I used to. I work at the Bridge Pavilion (a gift shop for the Golden Gate Bridge), and am exhausted after serving people from all over the world for eight hours. But I like it. I wish you could be here for the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, all of San Francisco is going nuts over it. Whenever you make it back to SF I hope I can go see you!!